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Staple: How will Kovalchuk ruling affect the CBA?

August 6, 2010 2:21 AM By ARTHUR STAPLE arthur.staple@newsday.com

Quick ReadGary Bettman said the league was fighting for the small-market teams.

Free agent winger Ilya Kovalchuk announced his contract

Photo credit: AP | Free agent winger Ilya Kovalchuk announced his contract renewal with the Devils, Monday. (July 26, 2010)

Arthur Staple

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Free agent Ilya Kovalchuk is staying with the Kovalchuk with Devils

Jamie Langenbrunner was supposed to be Ilya Kovalchuk's teammate, and the two still might end up together again as Devils. But the fight the NHL picked by rejecting Kovalchuk's 17-year, $102-million contract, a fight that will be resolved at the end of this week with an arbitrator either denying or agreeing with the NHL's assertion that the contract violated its salary cap, has left Langenbrunner...

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